Red-billed parrot
| Red-billed parrot | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Arinae |
| Tribe: | Androglossini |
| Genus: | Pionus |
| Species: | P. sordidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pionus sordidus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus) or red-billed pionus is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in humid subtropical forests in the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and in the Andes from Colombia in north to Bolivia in south (though with significant gaps). Uniquely for a member of the genus Pionus, its bill is almost entirely bright red. The plumage is greenish with a dull blue chest and red undertail coverts.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pionus sordidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 24, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.